Full Name
Felipe Penacoba
Job Title
Chief Information Officer, Revolut Bank UAB
Company
Revolut
Speaker Bio
Felipe is currently Chief Information Officer and Management Board member at Revolut Bank UAB, which is the largest entity within Revolut Group and a significant bank directly supervised by the ECB. The Bank operates in 30 European countries, with 31+ million customers. There he is responsible for Technology, Service Delivery and Outsourcing functions, both from BAU and strategic direction perspectives.
Originally from Spain, he started his career in 1997 at Accenture, helping at core banking transformation programs around the world, working and living in Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, Austria and UK.
Felipe moved in 2008 to Santander UK, where he led the integration of various acquisitions, as well as the launch of a new Corporate Banking platform. Later he held the CIO role for Retail and Business Banking.
In 2019 he moved to Finastra, as Senior Director for Universal Banking, Global Services. He was involved in multiple core banking programmes, from pre-sales and inception all the way to implementation and ongoing maintenance.
Joined Revolut in June 2021.
Originally from Spain, he started his career in 1997 at Accenture, helping at core banking transformation programs around the world, working and living in Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, Austria and UK.
Felipe moved in 2008 to Santander UK, where he led the integration of various acquisitions, as well as the launch of a new Corporate Banking platform. Later he held the CIO role for Retail and Business Banking.
In 2019 he moved to Finastra, as Senior Director for Universal Banking, Global Services. He was involved in multiple core banking programmes, from pre-sales and inception all the way to implementation and ongoing maintenance.
Joined Revolut in June 2021.